Food can attachment



1936. 3. R. JOHNSON I FOOD CAN ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 14, 1955 Patented Feb. 11, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 4 Claims.

My invention consists of a metal clip for use on food cans and similarly shaped receptacles to support tags or cards advertising the price, character or quality of the goods or other desired information relating thereto.

The food cans particularly referred to are those in common family use, containing fruit, vegetables, syrups and the like.

My invention, however, is adapted for all receptacles of like construction, such as those for paints, oils and other materials for mechanical uses.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a can and one form of my clip attached thereto; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the form of clip shown in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modification of the clip shown in Fig. 2.

These cans are usually made of thin sheet metal in cylindrical form, having the edge of the head or bottom of the can turned or rolled over the edge of the can forming a ridge or bead.

The use of my invention is not limited to cylindrical cans. It is applicable to a variety of forms of receptacles where a ridge or head is formed on the edge of one end thereof.

Referring to the drawing, 4 is an ordinary food can having a bead 5 on the edge of the top, and. a similar bead 6 on the edge of the bottom, formed by turning or rolling the head or bottom of the can outwardly over the edge of the side. 8 is a clip embodying my invention, consisting of a flat piece of spring metal bent approximately at a right angle about midway of its length.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 there are two partially cut out portions of the metal of the clip, forming spring jaws 9 and I0, having their free ends slightly curved outwardly and leaving a small space between their ends suflicient to admit the bead of the can and to enable the jaws 9 and I yieldingly to grip the bead and firmly secure the clip thereto so that the ends of the clip will be closely positioned against the can and adapted frictionally to support a cardbetween either end of the clip and the can. I I is a sheet of paper or cardboard bearing some information relating to the contents of the can, which is frictionally supported between the lower end of the clip and the side of the can.

Fig. 3 illustrates a modification of the construction of the clip shown in Fig. 2, consisting of two spring cut out portions forming lips I 2 and I3, between either of which and the body of the clip a display card may be frictionally sup ported.

The object of having two lips l2 and l 3, is that the clip being reversible, no thought is required to place it right side up. Both ends are alike, and it is immaterial which is uppermost on the can. In a cheap and small article of this kind it is desirable that the manipulations required. in handling should be as simple as possible.

In the form shown in Fig. 3, a card may be supported between the lip l3 and the body of the clip, and another may be supported between the end of the clip and the body of the can. For illustration, one card may be used for a display of the price of the goods, and the other for a description of the kind and quality of the goods.

In practice the clips may be supplied loosely in bulk, and the user may attach one to the can without looking and with indifference to which end rests on the top of the can. A slight pressure of the hand on the clip when astride the edge of the can causes the jaws 9 and H) to spread and spring over the beaded edge of the can and grip it with sufiicient firmness to require considerable force to remove it.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a receptacle having a flat head and a bead surrounding the edge thereof, a flat spring metal clip bent approximately at a right angle and having two out out portions with the free ends directed toward each other and spaced apart sufiiciently to admit said bead and yieldingly to grip the same between them, one end of the clip being thereby yieldingly held in contact with the receptacle frictionally to support a card against the same.

2. In combination with a receptacle having a flat head and a bead formed on the edge thereof, a spring metal clip bent at approximately a right angle and having two out out portions directed towards each other with the ends thereof adjacent but spaced apart sufiiciently to admit said bead, constituting spring jaws yieldingly gripping said bead, and two other out out portions located on opposite sides of the bend of the clip and having their free ends directed towards each other, each of which being adapted to hold a card thereunder.

3. In combination with a cylindrical receptacle having a fiat head and a bead surrounding the edge thereof, consisting of the edge of the head doubled over the edge of the side of said receptacle, a flat spring metal clip bent approximately at a right angle,.and having two out out portions with the free ends directed towards each other and spaced apart sufiiciently to admit said bead, and yieldingly gripping the same between them, one end of the clip being thereby yieldingly held in contact with the receptacle frictionally to support a card against the same.

4. In combination with a cylindrical receptacle having 'a fiat head and a bead surrounding the edge thereof, consisting of the edge of said head doubled over the edge of the side of said receptacle,- a flat spring metal clip bent approximately at a right angle, and having two out out portions with the free ends facing each other and spaced apart sufficiently to admit said bead and yieldingly to grip the same between them, one end of the clip being thereby yieldingly held in contact with the receptacle frictionally to support a card against the same, said clip having two other out out portions located on opposite sides of the bend of the clip and having their free ends directed towards each other, each of which being adapted to hold a card therein.

' GUNNAR R. JOHNSON. 

